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  • Parsons Lands $70M Contract for MDA Facility Mgmt Advisory, Assistance Services
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    Parsons Lands $70M Contract for MDA Facility Mgmt Advisory, Assistance Services

    Parsons has received a potential five-year, $70 million contract for advisory and assistance services to the Missile Defense Agency‘s facilities, military construction and the environmental management directorate. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Parsons’ government services unit will advise and assist MDA on construction oversight, demolition and disposal, deployment, lifecycle management, site activation, sustainment and integration efforts. Work will occur through June […] More

  • Northrop Showcases Multi-Mission Radar Platform at Army C-RAM Test Event
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    Northrop Showcases Multi-Mission Radar Platform at Army C-RAM Test Event

    Northrop Grumman has demonstrated a multi-mission sensor technology during a U.S. Army event for counter-rocket, artillery and mortar systems at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The company said Tuesday its Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar system helped operators detect and identify unmanned aerial systems as well as obtain situational awareness data in real time during the test event. HAMMR also connected with the service branch’s […] More

  • AECOM, IBM Develop UN Scorecard for Local Govt Disaster Risk Reduction
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    AECOM, IBM Develop UN Scorecard for Local Govt Disaster Risk Reduction

    IBM and AECOM have collaborated to develop a new United Nations scorecard designed to help local government agencies and cities build up resilience and reduce risks associated with natural disasters and climate change. Both companies worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the European Commission to create the UN Disaster Resilience Scorecard for the UN office […] More

  • General Dynamics to Produce Missile Fire Control System Equipment for 2 Int’l Clients
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    General Dynamics to Produce Missile Fire Control System Equipment for 2 Int’l Clients

    General Dynamics has been awarded a $40.8 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to supply two foreign countries with missile fire control system equipment and engineering services. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification combines purchases from South Korea and Japan under separate foreign military sales deals with the U.S. government. General Dynamics’ ordinance and tactical systems business will produce MK 82 director […] More

  • Former DHS Official Douglas Smith Joins ENODO Global’s Advisory Board
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    Former DHS Official Douglas Smith Joins ENODO Global’s Advisory Board

    Douglas Smith, a former assistant secretary for the private sector at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined advisory firm ENODO Global as a member of its board of advisers. ENODO said Tuesday Smith has coordinated private-sector partnerships with all 22 DHS divisions as part of his responsibilities at the department. He also represented DHS on the U.S. president’s travel and tourism advisory […] More

  • GSA Taps SOS International to Help Manage, Maintain Centcom Facilities
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    GSA Taps SOS International to Help Manage, Maintain Centcom Facilities

    SOS International has received a five-year, $17 million contract from the General Services Administration to help manage and maintain U.S. Central Command facilities at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The company said Monday it will provide asset management, billeting, emergency response planning, engineering services, help desk support, lodging management, long-range logistics and project […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Resell Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Broadband Service to Govt Aviation Customers
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    Rockwell Collins to Resell Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Broadband Service to Govt Aviation Customers

    Rockwell Collins has begun to offer Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress broadband service to the government aviation market through an expanded value added reseller arrangement. Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins said Monday it currently delivers Inmarsat’s GX service and Jet ConneX in-flight connectivity offering to commercial and business aviation customers under previous VAR agreements. David Poltorak, Rockwell Collins vice president of business […] More

  • State Dept Opens Solicitation for $850M Passport Processing System Modernization Project
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    State Dept Opens Solicitation for $850M Passport Processing System Modernization Project

    The State Department has issued a request for proposals for a potential 10-year, $850 million contract to update a technology platform designed to process passports and visas as well as deliver emergency services to U.S. citizens abroad, Nextgov reported Monday. The Consular Systems Modernization contract is part of the ConsularOne program within the department’s Bureau […] More

  • SAIC to Establish Tennessee-Based IT Services Hub; Tony Moraco Comments
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    SAIC to Establish Tennessee-Based IT Services Hub; Tony Moraco Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has announced plans to open a center of excellence for information technology services in Cookeville, Tennessee, this summer. SAIC said Monday its Technology Integration Gateway center will be located in the Regions Bank Building and will offer cloud, cybersecurity and data science support to government and commercial customers. “Since 1969, SAIC has been doing business in Tennessee and the establishment […] More

  • USMC Orders Additional Oshkosh-Built Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting Vehicles
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    USMC Orders Additional Oshkosh-Built Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting Vehicles

    The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Oshkosh‘s defense business a delivery order valued at more than $33 million to build 54 more aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles. Oshkosh said Monday that it expects to field the initial P-19R vehicles next month and deliver a total of 164 units through 2019. Pat Williams, vice president and general manager of Army and Marine Corps programs at […] More

  • Boeing to Integrate ViaSat Tactical Comms Terminals on Marines’ AV-8B Attack Aircraft
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    Boeing to Integrate ViaSat Tactical Comms Terminals on Marines’ AV-8B Attack Aircraft

    Boeing has awarded ViaSat a potential $20 million contract to manufacture small tactical terminals for integration onto AV-8B Harrier attack planes for the U.S. Marine Corps and international defense customers. ViaSat said Monday its KOR-24A STT units will work to help Harrier pilots communicate with other U.S. and allied airmen or ground forces via the Link 16 and Soldier Radio Waveform networks. “This order from Boeing […] More

  • Hughes Unveils Software-Based WAN Offering for Govt Customers
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    Hughes Unveils Software-Based WAN Offering for Govt Customers

    Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a software-defined wide area network offering designed to help public sector customers address cloud readiness, network flexibility and application availability challenges. The company said Monday it developed the Managed SD-WAN platform as part of its portfolio of HughesON managed network and digital media products. “With organizations continuing to adopt new cloud-based and rich media applications, networks are facing […] More